Bolsonaro’s Goons Block Roads In Lula’s Strongholds

Bolsonaro’s Goons Block Roads In Lula’s Strongholds

Don’t be surprised that the right wing gang thugs don’t try to do this also. And the republicans / police will look the other way. Over the years the right has both politically and physically tried to stop the other side from voting. Now they are trying to intimidate the voters trying to use drop boxes. What makes you think they won’t just try it at the entrances to polling places in democratic areas? The republican party has already called for right wing poll watchers with instructions to impede voting by minorities, what makes you think that some maga people won’t just block entrances or roadways. Hugs

The Guardian reports:

The future of one of the world’s largest democracies and the Amazon rainforest was on a knife edge as Brazil held its most important election in decades and its far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, battled to cling to power amid claims that security forces were engaged in a pro-Bolsonaro voter suppression campaign.

As 156 million Brazilians went to the polls, there were alarming reports that members of the federal highway police – a notoriously pro-Bolsonaro security force – had set up roadblocks in Lula strongholds in the country’s north-east.

Brazil’s opposition denounced the unusual operations, which were reportedly planned during a meeting at Bolsonaro’s official presidential residence, as a deliberate attempt to prevent Lula voters reaching their polling stations.

Read the full article.

Brazil is feared to be undergoing a massive campaign of voter suppression, with federal highway patrols conducting hundreds of operations causing traffic chaos, especially in the Northern areas, where a huge turnout for left-leaning former president Lula was expected.
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